You mean like you want to know the exact NAMES of the tapes?
It only wants blank or reusable tapes in there, and it will grab whatever 
you give it for backups.

Say you've got tapes 000012 and 000013, both of which are eligible for 
backups.  Let's say that 00012 is the next tape in line to be used, all 
other things being equal.  But, 000013 is in the library, but 000012 is 
not.  000013 will get used for the backup.  000012 will get used the next 
time it get's put in the library.

At 02:55 AM 6/23/2001 +0200, you wrote:
> > From: Jason Jin [mailto:jason AT dataprompt DOT com]
> > Sent: Wednesday 20 June, 2001 23:56
> > To: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
>
> > I'm new to netbackup ,and would like to seek some advices:
> > is there anyway I can preview what's the expected
> > media ID( or tape volumes) in the tape library that going to be used
> > in the next few days, based on current backup schdule?
> >
> > basically, my tape library can only hold the tape needed for
> > only a days, and I'll need some automatic means to
> > know in advance , so I could have those tape in place.
>
>  no simple answer, too many parameters.
>
>  if you've got only one drive, then it should be rather simple
>to predicate what tape will be used. but if you have a complicated
>setup with multiples drives, multiples retensions & volume
>pool, and several concurrent schedules, then it could be impossible.
>or it would be easier to project how the tape has been used in
>the past.
>
>  whatever, i will do this kind of thing by hand, i don't see
>a way to automatise that in a decent time.

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